Folic acid
High blood pressure can be especially harmful to pregnant women.
If the pregnant woman is not treated, it can lead to complications such as preeclampsia, stroke, premature birth, low birth weight.
A 2018 study found that folic acid-containing supplements reduce the risk of gestational hypertension, preeclampsia.
Folic acid is a B vitamin, taking enough of this vitamin during pregnancy can help prevent birth abnormalities.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that pregnant women take 0.4 mg of folic acid per day.
Many prenatal vitamins (supplements that contain daily vitamins and minerals that women need before and during pregnancy) contain folic acid.
It is also available as an independent supplement.
In non-pregnant people, researchers have not yet determined the effect of folic acid on high blood pressure.
